Hezbollah slams Arab satellites for suspending al-Alam

Lebanese Islamic Resistance Movement Hezbollah slammed on Friday two Arab satellite providers for dropping a television channel from Iran as a violation of freedom of speech and opinion.

Hezbollah condemns Arabsat and Nilesat's decision to stop broadcasting the channel Al-Alam, a decision made on political grounds, the group said in a statement about the Arabic-language channel.

Hezbollah declares its solidarity with the channel and considers this a violation of freedom of speech and opinion, the statement said.

Arabsat and Egyptian Nilesat this week stopped broadcasting Al-Alam on the grounds it was in breach of contract, the press reported.

Al-Alam is paying the price for its support of the resistance in Lebanon and Palestine, Al-Alam's Beirut bureau chief, Atef Moussawi said in a television interview.